What does a good relationship need?
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What does a good relationship need?
I won't bother to define what is meant by good except it should help to promote a relationship.
So what are the keys to a good relationship? Here"s my short list:
Financial stability
Respect
Communication
Sense of humor
Then there's your list.
PhilX
So what are the keys to a good relationship? Here"s my short list:
Financial stability
Respect
Communication
Sense of humor
Then there's your list.
PhilX
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Re: What does a good relationship need?
What sort of relationship?
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Re: What does a good relationship need?
In the widest sense. Marriage, dating, LGBT, etc.Hobbes' Choice wrote:What sort of relationship?
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Re: What does a good relationship need?
No, you mean in the narrowest sense of a romantic partnership. But you have not said what the end game of this "relationship" is.Philosophy Explorer wrote:In the widest sense. Marriage, dating, LGBT, etc.Hobbes' Choice wrote:What sort of relationship?
PhilX
Are you talking about a life-long partnership?
And what makes you think that the musings on personal experience of one person is going to be relevant to another?
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Re: What does a good relationship need?
You need glasses.Hobbes' Choice wrote:No, you mean in the narrowest sense of a romantic partnership.Philosophy Explorer wrote:In the widest sense. Marriage, dating, LGBT, etc.Hobbes' Choice wrote:What sort of relationship?
PhilX
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Re: What does a good relationship need?
A good relationship needs a good deal.
Some couples prefer seperate apartments (because one of them suffers from migraines, the other one sleeps in the same bed with a dog and a cat, and for lots of other reasons) and so they can establish for example a ritual of daily phone calls at a certain hour which serves as a way to feel close to someone without suffering his overbearing and frustrating physical presence.
Men also need someone to feel close to, I can tell you.
A friendship can work for two people if both look for someone who never gives him or her a hard time. So they meet for a walk in sweet harmony and do not have to fight in any way.
It´s not very well formulated but you can guess what I mean, I hope.
You can have some good relationships with people on philosophical forums on the internet like this one. You need a mutual silent consent and then your expectations are fulfilled.
So much for now.
Any examples of unusual good relationships that you have experienced or heard about ?
Some couples prefer seperate apartments (because one of them suffers from migraines, the other one sleeps in the same bed with a dog and a cat, and for lots of other reasons) and so they can establish for example a ritual of daily phone calls at a certain hour which serves as a way to feel close to someone without suffering his overbearing and frustrating physical presence.
Men also need someone to feel close to, I can tell you.
A friendship can work for two people if both look for someone who never gives him or her a hard time. So they meet for a walk in sweet harmony and do not have to fight in any way.
It´s not very well formulated but you can guess what I mean, I hope.
You can have some good relationships with people on philosophical forums on the internet like this one. You need a mutual silent consent and then your expectations are fulfilled.
So much for now.
Any examples of unusual good relationships that you have experienced or heard about ?
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Re: What does a good relationship need?
I think that Hollywood marriages that last a lifetime are examples of unusually good relationships.duszek wrote:A good relationship needs a good deal.
Some couples prefer seperate apartments (because one of them suffers from migraines, the other one sleeps in the same bed with a dog and a cat, and for lots of other reasons) and so they can establish for example a ritual of daily phone calls at a certain hour which serves as a way to feel close to someone without suffering his overbearing and frustrating physical presence.
Men also need someone to feel close to, I can tell you.
A friendship can work for two people if both look for someone who never gives him or her a hard time. So they meet for a walk in sweet harmony and do not have to fight in any way.
It´s not very well formulated but you can guess what I mean, I hope.
You can have some good relationships with people on philosophical forums on the internet like this one. You need a mutual silent consent and then your expectations are fulfilled.
So much for now.
Any examples of unusual good relationships that you have experienced or heard about ?
PhilX
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Re: What does a good relationship need?
I think the end game should be up to the couple.Hobbes' Choice wrote:No, you mean in the narrowest sense of a romantic partnership. But you have not said what the end game of this "relationship" is.Philosophy Explorer wrote:In the widest sense. Marriage, dating, LGBT, etc.Hobbes' Choice wrote:What sort of relationship?
PhilX
Are you talking about a life-long partnership?
And what makes you think that the musings on personal experience of one person is going to be relevant to another?
PhilX
Re: What does a good relationship need?
How can we tell ? Because the magazines say so ?Philosophy Explorer wrote:I think that Hollywood marriages that last a lifetime are examples of unusually good relationships.duszek wrote:A good relationship needs a good deal.
Some couples prefer seperate apartments (because one of them suffers from migraines, the other one sleeps in the same bed with a dog and a cat, and for lots of other reasons) and so they can establish for example a ritual of daily phone calls at a certain hour which serves as a way to feel close to someone without suffering his overbearing and frustrating physical presence.
Men also need someone to feel close to, I can tell you.
A friendship can work for two people if both look for someone who never gives him or her a hard time. So they meet for a walk in sweet harmony and do not have to fight in any way.
It´s not very well formulated but you can guess what I mean, I hope.
You can have some good relationships with people on philosophical forums on the internet like this one. You need a mutual silent consent and then your expectations are fulfilled.
So much for now.
Any examples of unusual good relationships that you have experienced or heard about ?
PhilX
Some of them could be for the appearances´ sake, which can be a good deal too.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie seem to have a good deal.
At least they always smile on the pictures.
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Re: What does a good relationship need?
How can we tell? From the stats.duszek wrote:How can we tell ? Because the magazines say so ?Philosophy Explorer wrote:I think that Hollywood marriages that last a lifetime are examples of unusually good relationships.duszek wrote:A good relationship needs a good deal.
Some couples prefer seperate apartments (because one of them suffers from migraines, the other one sleeps in the same bed with a dog and a cat, and for lots of other reasons) and so they can establish for example a ritual of daily phone calls at a certain hour which serves as a way to feel close to someone without suffering his overbearing and frustrating physical presence.
Men also need someone to feel close to, I can tell you.
A friendship can work for two people if both look for someone who never gives him or her a hard time. So they meet for a walk in sweet harmony and do not have to fight in any way.
It´s not very well formulated but you can guess what I mean, I hope.
You can have some good relationships with people on philosophical forums on the internet like this one. You need a mutual silent consent and then your expectations are fulfilled.
So much for now.
Any examples of unusual good relationships that you have experienced or heard about ?
PhilX
Some of them could be for the appearances´ sake, which can be a good deal too.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie seem to have a good deal.
At least they always smile on the pictures.
PhilX
Re: What does a good relationship need?
A relationship needs participants.
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Re: What does a good relationship need?
True, but I don't mean a student-teacher relationship e.g.Skip wrote:A relationship needs participants.
HC brought up a romantic relationship, but what about forced marriages? No romance there. Not easy to define.
PhilX
Re: What does a good relationship need?
Any relationship - master-servant, wife-husband, parent-child, pet-human, doctor-nurse, grandparent-grandchild - all relationships require participants. In a forced marriage, at least one of the individuals isn't participating: it's not a relationship.
Once both individuals are actively engaged in the relationship; that is, each doing his or her part, paying attention to the other, communicating, taking an interest, making an investment, exchanging favours or insults or services or emails or whatever, being present in and aware of the relationship, it will turn into whatever it needs to be.
Once both individuals are actively engaged in the relationship; that is, each doing his or her part, paying attention to the other, communicating, taking an interest, making an investment, exchanging favours or insults or services or emails or whatever, being present in and aware of the relationship, it will turn into whatever it needs to be.
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Re: What does a good relationship need?
DUh. "Relationships" is a big word and means lots of things. I have a fucking relationship with my government, doctor, dentist, fucking postman for fuck's sake. So yeah You do mean in the narrowest sense.Philosophy Explorer wrote:You need glasses.Hobbes' Choice wrote:No, you mean in the narrowest sense of a romantic partnership.Philosophy Explorer wrote: In the widest sense. Marriage, dating, LGBT, etc.
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Re: What does a good relationship need?
DuhPhilosophy Explorer wrote:I think the end game should be up to the couple.Hobbes' Choice wrote:No, you mean in the narrowest sense of a romantic partnership. But you have not said what the end game of this "relationship" is.Philosophy Explorer wrote:
In the widest sense. Marriage, dating, LGBT, etc.
PhilX
Are you talking about a life-long partnership?
And what makes you think that the musings on personal experience of one person is going to be relevant to another?
PhilX
So why are you asking your stupid fucking question?